Nuked ASN

Nuked has 10 years experience as a ASN.

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1. Just not _____ enough

   Nuked replied to Nuked's topic in Career Support

   Psych I've been OK with. My recent adventure into med-surg was not. I was let go at the end of orientation, I wound up sending a patient to ICU the morning of the day I was let go. I understand that newbies get dumped on often, but this was more than...

2. Just not _____ enough

   Nuked posted a topic in Career Support

   Supply your own adjective. I graduated from a challenging AS RN program in 2014. I had trouble finding employment, eventually landing at a few sub-acute/LTAC type places doing part-time work before finally landing a benefit eligible hospital job wor...

3. What's wrong with me?

   Nuked replied to New Horizon's topic in General Students

   Nursing questions and nursing exams require a distinct approach that it is in some ways unique to nursing. It's not as straightforward as a lot of other multiple choice type exams. Unfortunately I didn't fully comprehend this until I was studying for...

4. NCLEX Rules... for diabetics

   Nuked replied to yadi87's topic in NCLEX

   I hadn't thought about that angle of the exam until just now. Will they allow you check blood glucose during the exam? I know for myself I try to ensure that I eat 3 hours before a major exam so that my sugars have "settled" by the time I sit for it....

5. What do you do when you want to quit?

   Nuked posted a topic in General Students

   I had heard/read before entering nursing school that everyone experiences a time when they want to quit. I couldn't fathom it. Yet, here I sit. I'm starting my last semester, and I just completed my first week at a new facility (my fifth site of my t...